Teammates greet Kentucky infielder Christian Stokes (10) after she hit a home run in the fifth inning against Arizona State.

Written by

Al Bravo
| Special to The Courier-Journal

The University of Kentucky softball team knew it was facing an uphill battle against one of the top teams and top pitchers in nation in the opening game of the program's second appearance in an NCAA super regional.

The Wildcats got almost all the way up the hill, hitting four home runs - three of them in the sixth inning - but fell short 5-4 on Saturday night.

"I don't think it is over til it's over, so we just kind of ran out of time at the end," said Christian Stokes, who had two of the Wildcats' home runs on Saturday. "But we were rolling pretty good." ...